Why do I now feel that Obama sounds almost like a party member in Kerala? When he calls for new taxes on oil companies and wealthy individuals, along with $1,000 tax cuts for most working families, his socialist vision sounds deafeningly similar to what I am used to hearing in my home state of Kerala.

That's such a pity. Especially since this rhetoric echoes in a country that has demonstrated to the world, the strength of capitalistic thought. Imagine if this rhetoric is realised.